Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British government is sponsoring a proposal for a European Community ban on the import of tropical wild birds because of the high death rates they suffer during transport to Europe after their capture in the forests of Africa and South America . |
| 2 | Monkeys leap from branch to branch through the trees and need to know exactly how far to jump . |
| 3 | The individual close-ups should be shot from the same side of a line connecting the two characters so that the eyelines match from shot to shot in the way they do in the master two-shot . |
| 4 | Researchers have discovered that periods of dreaming during sleep are related to times of rapid-eye movement ( REM ) during which the eyes flick from side to side under the eyelids . |
| 5 | Scottish Borders Walk from Traquair to Yair along an ancient drove road |
| 6 | Job opportunities for expatriates vary from country to country in that in countries where the native population is high , every effort is naturally made to employ local nationals rather than expatriates . |
| 7 | As many rafters are also canoeists , paddling techniques vary from team to team with blade strokes varying from short and fast to long and deep with each team striving to achieve perfect stroke timing . |
| 8 | Several studies , for example , show that policy outputs vary from authority to authority in a manner which is not simply related to differing resources or needs . |
| 9 | The boy lived on a roundabout of encircling affections , complex loyalties , quick on the emotional draw , switching from role to role as bolder boys scramble from horse to horse on a carousel : and always , it seemed , outside the house of Elfed , Richard was the bringer of good fortune . |
| 10 | Helping parents in this way is an attempt to provide them with child-management skills for life so that they can generate solutions to many of the problems they face without reference to professionals at all . |
| 11 | In all pre-industrial societies children pass from childhood to adulthood by a ‘ rite of passage ’ ; there is virtually no in-between stage . |
| 12 | Via the half-reliable morsels of intelligence that pass from continent to continent along this jungle-drummed , smoke-signalled messageway , it appeared that William the Choco of Santa Fé in Darién was possessed of an unusual link with a great historical moment . |
| 13 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 14 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 15 | If they 're gon na be driving from village to village , they might as well work from a police station and drive from village to village in a transit van or a police vehicle . |
| 16 | Now remember this coral is from the western side of Isabella Island and at this location water temperatures are primarily controlled by the of cold , deep water as the trade winds blow from east to west across the islands . |
| 17 | These assets change from time to time in the ordinary course of business . |
| 18 | They change from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to adult . |
| 19 | Because the status of women is inextricably linked to a complex politico-economic system , it , and the ideas connected with it , change in response to changes in the system as a whole . |
| 20 | Ring for cab to theatre at 1.45 on account . |
| 21 | Two major questions emerge in relation to assessment for evaluation . |
| 22 | ‘ M'kata was a natural , one of those geniuses that emerge from time to time in the game . |
| 23 | There are no rough edges : the three men and three women drift from solo to duet to ensemble with seamless ease . |
| 24 | The pair sway from side to side with necks extended forwards , inspect the insides of each others mouths , click their bills shut , wrestle with their bills , point their heads downwards , and then up to the sky . |
| 25 | It needs neither the approbation of ace tuner Alpina nor the motivation of an M-power badge to crack 140mph — 141–3mph on the Millbrook bowl is around 10mph faster than the old 325i could manage — or sprint from rest to 60mph in a sizzling 7.3secs . |
| 26 | The boys go for training to camps in Tanzania , Zambia and some , they say , to China . |
| 27 | On the whole through symposia , seminars and articles in the specialised press French art critics respond with scorn to attacks of this kind , considering them expressions of a dangerous , reactionary way of thinking . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) Byelaws made under subsection ( 1 ) above shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the Secretary of State , and the provisions of subsections ( 4 ) to ( 12 ) and ( 15 ) of section 202 of the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 and of section 204 of that Act shall , with any necessary modifications , apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under this section as they apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under that Act . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) Byelaws made under subsection ( 1 ) above shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the Secretary of State , and the provisions of subsections ( 4 ) to ( 12 ) and ( 15 ) of section 202 of the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 and of section 204 of that Act shall , with any necessary modifications , apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under this section as they apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under that Act . |
| 30 | ( 7 ) Subsections ( 7 ) to ( 9 ) of section 33 of this Act shall apply in relation to applications for occasional permissions as they apply in relation to applications for occasional licences . |